Saturday, April 20, 2013

There are two kinds of people in this world: the Haves and Have Nots. What do the Haves have that others don't? KIDS. I was reminded of this recently since LO is refusing to take naps. Not just simple defiance but full-on screaming, flailing tantrums like a demon possessed. Some days I can overcome and get her down; others I give in and we run errands or hit the playground. A part of me is distraught at losing my hour and a half of solace in the middle of each day. But I'm starting to see the light. Literally.

We ran errands the other day and it occurred to me that the afternoon daylight is quite nice. There's a whole world out there between 2-4pm! People who are not on kid schedules are out and about while there's a whole subset of the population that's rushing to get back home by 1pm to make the nap. The upside of not napping is that LO will go down earlier and we can actually have an evening. So far this is going down very well with us adults, who just the other night fulfilled our dream of making it through an entire movie without falling asleep.